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limit, warning lawmakers not to play politics with, quote, the full and faith credit of the united states. the treasury department says the u.s. has until march to increase the nation's borrowing limit. otherwise, the country will likely default on its loans. republicans do not seem to be in the mood to negotiate after compromising on the so-called fiscal cliff last month. the gop says it will only raise the debt limit if there are equal dollar for dollar cuts in spending. otherwise, many republican lawmakers have threatened to force a shutdown of the government or let the country default on its loans and hurt its credit rating. the president this morning says that is unacceptable. >> a self-inflicted wound on the economy. it would slow down our growth, might tip us into recession. and ironically, would probably increase our deficit. >> reporter: and it would, the president warned, delay checks for social security and veterans' benefits. the president also said he would soon ask lawmakers to create new gun laws in the wake of the newtown massacre. he will likely seek universal background
limit, warning lawmakers not to play politics with, quote, the full and faith credit of the united states. the treasury department says the u.s. has until march to increase the nation's borrowing limit. otherwise, the country will likely default on its loans. republicans do not seem to be in the mood to negotiate after compromising on the so-called fiscal cliff last month. the gop says it will only raise the debt limit if there are equal dollar for dollar cuts in spending. otherwise, many...
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obama said this. >> in the month since 20 precious children and six brave adults were violently taken from us, more than 900 of our fellow americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun. >> reporter: this statement is wrong. the number is much higher. according to the cdc 900 people are murdered on average every month in the u.s. by firearms. but 2,700 are killed by a gun every single month. but here is the caveat. the vast majority of those deaths, about 63%, come from suicide or accidental death. now to widen the scope of this discussion, violent crime over the last 20 years nationally has fallen by a massive amount, 50%. technically america is much safer now statistically than it's been in decades. but controlling the crime rate is not the underlying goal of the president norv congress. it's preventing more newtowns from ever happening again and there is some evidence to suggest a weapons assault ban could achieve that end. i am sam brock and that is today's reality check. >> now you can watch the full video on our website, nbcbayarea.com. coverage of nooth town shooting traged
obama said this. >> in the month since 20 precious children and six brave adults were violently taken from us, more than 900 of our fellow americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun. >> reporter: this statement is wrong. the number is much higher. according to the cdc 900 people are murdered on average every month in the u.s. by firearms. but 2,700 are killed by a gun every single month. but here is the caveat. the vast majority of those deaths, about 63%, come from suicide...
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president obama delivering the state of the union in a few weeks. today's speech a preview of that? >> to a certain extent his themes will be broadly -- the problems facing the united states and what he has in mind. i don't think he'll get into too many specifics in the address today. i think he'll be talking about unity and getting together to solve our problems. because even though there are a lot of specific items like gun control, the economy, that he wants to address, he cannot get any of those things done if congress doesn't cooperate with him. pleas for unity will be a strong theme of this inaugural address because he does need congress to come together behind him. that's one of the lessons he learned in the first four years is you can have an ambitious agenda but if congress doesn't cooperate you won't be successful with that. >> can he bridge a gap between parties in the second term. we are making progress on that. john boehner tried to get his own party together. he's taken a few of the more extreme people in his party off of their committee assignments to try to get them
president obama delivering the state of the union in a few weeks. today's speech a preview of that? >> to a certain extent his themes will be broadly -- the problems facing the united states and what he has in mind. i don't think he'll get into too many specifics in the address today. i think he'll be talking about unity and getting together to solve our problems. because even though there are a lot of specific items like gun control, the economy, that he wants to address, he cannot get...
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this comes after state assembly members proposed a bullet control bill. and tomorrow president obama is scheduled to offer gun control -- vice president joe biden is expected to offer gun control recommendations after the newtown school shooting in connecticut. >>> pg&e is defending pipeline testing that occurred before the 2010 pipeline disaster in san bruno. pg&e lawyers are claiming the program measured up to gas industry standards. if that claim is reportedly part of pg&e effort to minimize the expected huge fines for the explosion and fire where eight people were killed. 38 homes were destroyed. earlier pg&e executives admitted there were problems with their pipeline testing and maintenance before the disaster in san bruno. >>> also new this morning we are learning more about when the royal couple is expecting their first baby. just a short time ago they announced the due date is expected sometime in july. we are learning duchess kate's condition is improving after she was hospitalized last month for acute morning sickness. >>> time now 5:48. let's g
this comes after state assembly members proposed a bullet control bill. and tomorrow president obama is scheduled to offer gun control -- vice president joe biden is expected to offer gun control recommendations after the newtown school shooting in connecticut. >>> pg&e is defending pipeline testing that occurred before the 2010 pipeline disaster in san bruno. pg&e lawyers are claiming the program measured up to gas industry standards. if that claim is reportedly part of...
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volunteer events will be held in all 50 states and the obamas and bidens will attend a service fair on the national mall featuring 100 volunteer organizations. nbc's special correspondent chelsea clinton is the honorary chair of that event. chelsea, nice to see you. good morning. >> nice to see you, matt. good morning. >> i know michelle obama said back in 2009 at the first inaugural, the national service day was her favorite part of the entire event. i also know she and her husband, and the bidens and you would like to grow that event. how do you go about doing it? >> oh, we're so excited. we have events in every state. we have more than 2,000 different events. there will be more than 50,000 volunteer opportunities for people to take advantage of. and on the mall alone, as you mentioned, there will be more than 100 organizations participating in seven different events in what we believe to be the largest service event ever taking place in our nation's capital. >> i was looking, the world giving index shows the united states among the top ten countries with the most generous citizens.
volunteer events will be held in all 50 states and the obamas and bidens will attend a service fair on the national mall featuring 100 volunteer organizations. nbc's special correspondent chelsea clinton is the honorary chair of that event. chelsea, nice to see you. good morning. >> nice to see you, matt. good morning. >> i know michelle obama said back in 2009 at the first inaugural, the national service day was her favorite part of the entire event. i also know she and her...
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does obama want to get rid of the second amendment? i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer through 6 months. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events, including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. you should not start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been eated for heart f
does obama want to get rid of the second amendment? i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer through 6 months. [ male announcer ] enbrel...
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i don't want the land the state and the unbroken. >> president obama has made it clear that he is ready for fight over how to respond to gun violence. the national rifle association is also gearing up for the battle. the nra's president says he doesn't think he an assault weapons banned would get through congress. >> i am in downtown livermore were is cold. coming up, i will show you how cold as the kron4 team coverage of the cold weather continues in just a few mets. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on, for two whole years. from at&t. [ female announcer ] a great price for a great triple-play bundle. [ male announcer ] call now. bundles with u-verse tv, internet and home phone start at $89 a month. now get the same great price for two years. [ female announcer ] switch today and get a total home dvr included, free for life. [ male announcer ] you get re
i don't want the land the state and the unbroken. >> president obama has made it clear that he is ready for fight over how to respond to gun violence. the national rifle association is also gearing up for the battle. the nra's president says he doesn't think he an assault weapons banned would get through congress. >> i am in downtown livermore were is cold. coming up, i will show you how cold as the kron4 team coverage of the cold weather continues in just a few mets. [ female...
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. >> i barack obama hussein obama solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> the office of the president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defends. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you good. >> so help me god. >> thank you so much, thank you. >>> there you have it. he was just sworn in as the president of the united states for a second term there at the white house. little history for you. april 30, 1789. the first inauguration. george washington at new york federal. and the first time a president was inaugurated was thomas jefferson. march 4th and now on the january 20th. 2013. president barack obama gets sworn in for a second time. all said and done after tomorrow. maureen, will be sworn in four times in two terms. and chief justice roberts making the mistake four years ago. and the day after in a private service and then tomorrow. for the public certificate
. >> i barack obama hussein obama solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> the office of the president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defends. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you good. >> so help me god. >>...
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jeff: if you were asked, would you work in if obama administration? -- in the obama administration? >> i've been very pleased to support the administration, this administration and the previous one because that public private partnership especially for manufacturing in the united states and especially with the trade rules around the world, i've been pleased to be asked and listened to. jeff: i mean a real job? >> i think the best thing i can do and feel really good about it is serving forward. jeff: your work is done. you have done it. >> no, we're just getting started. it is an important part of the united states economy. nearly 15% of our gdp. research and development in the united states is associated with manufacturing. i'm very pleased to serve it. >> it really feels great. clearly one of the things i have focused on is further developing the entire team, of ford worldwide and i'm so pleased with asking mark to be the chief operating officer also joe hendricks has come back from asia pacifics to take over americas. we have dave shock who is a fantastic operator in asia pacific
jeff: if you were asked, would you work in if obama administration? -- in the obama administration? >> i've been very pleased to support the administration, this administration and the previous one because that public private partnership especially for manufacturing in the united states and especially with the trade rules around the world, i've been pleased to be asked and listened to. jeff: i mean a real job? >> i think the best thing i can do and feel really good about it is...
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>> well, pundits right now, all the people in the oil industry that talk to, 2020, the united states may be self-sufficient and not need foreign oil. you know, early on you mentioned in your piece just before that, during the obama administration you had increase in oil production. it is about 5.3%, which is 6 1/2 million barrels of production right now that the u.s. is producing. by the end of 2013 there will be around 7 million. so the u.s. right now is importing about eight, to eight.3 million barrels of oil. by 2020, from all the emerging shale place, ohio utica, eagle ford and bakken you may see the united states sufficient in the oil sector by 2020. cheryl: we've seen the railroad sector show more of an interest because of transportation issues with petroleum and pipelines and no gos in particular with keystone. it is very interesting. david sidoo. east/west petroleum corporation executive and chairman. interesting topic. >> thanks very much for having me, cheryl. cheryl: kind after the break i will tell you the only s&p sector that is in the red so far this year. >>> plus, liz
>> well, pundits right now, all the people in the oil industry that talk to, 2020, the united states may be self-sufficient and not need foreign oil. you know, early on you mentioned in your piece just before that, during the obama administration you had increase in oil production. it is about 5.3%, which is 6 1/2 million barrels of production right now that the u.s. is producing. by the end of 2013 there will be around 7 million. so the u.s. right now is importing about eight, to eight.3...
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the mayor says oakland is in ongoing state of emergency but the mayor is thousands of miles away. according to the "san francisco chronicle" the mayor is in washington, dc, to attend the president obama's inauguration. while there she will make an appearance at conference of mayors look with san francisco mayor. a spokesman said the mayor will meet with officials to explore how oakland can get help on the crime problem. >> 17-year-old boy escaped juvenile detention center in contra costa and residents near the facility near the buy's ranch are told to look out for the teen who has brown hair and brown eyes and stands 6' tall and weighs 165 pounds. >> police say a broken streetlight could have been a factor in a crash involving a truck and two children riding their bicycles. we were over the scene moments after the accident yesterday evening. the children went to the hospital and are expected to be okay. the truck driver was cooperating with police and has not been charged. >> traffic and weather together are next on the abc7 morning news and a live look at the embarcardero looking
the mayor says oakland is in ongoing state of emergency but the mayor is thousands of miles away. according to the "san francisco chronicle" the mayor is in washington, dc, to attend the president obama's inauguration. while there she will make an appearance at conference of mayors look with san francisco mayor. a spokesman said the mayor will meet with officials to explore how oakland can get help on the crime problem. >> 17-year-old boy escaped juvenile detention center in...
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two years ago the obama health was started rolling out federal rules that affected everybody and they have pushed premiums across the country. for example no co-pays or deductibles for preventive care. there is no tooth fairy. of the insurance company has to pay the full cost of that colonoscopy or mammogram, you are going to pay a higher premium. adding children, adults children to their plans until they're 26 cluster premium. stuart: hold on a second. >> now some states, let me give you some examples, arizona, arkansas, idaho, iowa, oklahoma, ohio, virginia, that have customarily had premiums well below the national average are going to see their premiums double higher than 50%, even 100% increase and that is because the new federal rules that go into effect in 2014 will make those states follow the same rules that vermont, new york and new jersey already follow. stuart: as of 2014, 11 months -- >> guarantee issue. it means even if you are already sick the insurance company has to take you at the same price they take a perfectly healthy person. that is going to push up the premiums
two years ago the obama health was started rolling out federal rules that affected everybody and they have pushed premiums across the country. for example no co-pays or deductibles for preventive care. there is no tooth fairy. of the insurance company has to pay the full cost of that colonoscopy or mammogram, you are going to pay a higher premium. adding children, adults children to their plans until they're 26 cluster premium. stuart: hold on a second. >> now some states, let me give you...
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the obama team wants to tax the rich some more. the democrats must get a budget through the senate soon, and leading democrats want it to include yet higher taxes on wealthy people, oil and gas companies, and corporate profits. you thought we were done with raising taxes? wrong. tax more. don't cut spending. and ignore the debt. that's what's coming for another four years. stuart: monday january 21st, mar thin luther king -- martin luther king day. we're talking taxes, hollywood hypocrisy and we have the guest you hate to love all coming up. along with this company, e -- elizabeth macdonald by popular demand is back and so is charles and payne. here we are with varney & company. here's a direct quote from professional golfer phil mickelson, if you add up all the federal and you look at the disability and the unemployment and the social security and the state, my tax rate 62, 63 percent so i've got to make some decisions on what i'm going to do. charles, liz? any thoughts from you, liz, first of all? liz: i think the rate is going t
the obama team wants to tax the rich some more. the democrats must get a budget through the senate soon, and leading democrats want it to include yet higher taxes on wealthy people, oil and gas companies, and corporate profits. you thought we were done with raising taxes? wrong. tax more. don't cut spending. and ignore the debt. that's what's coming for another four years. stuart: monday january 21st, mar thin luther king -- martin luther king day. we're talking taxes, hollywood hypocrisy and...
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he didn't win 49 states by accident. >> we have to be the party of solutions. one of the things troubling me right now, look i disagree with barack obama's fiscal and economic policy. i have for four years and i reckon i'll disagree with it for a while longer. i'll tell you this. the guy goes out and gives this gun control, safety speech today. okay. you don't have to agree with everything. a very complex issue we're dealing with in this horrible heinous national tragedy. but already, joe, right away republicans, some of them are out there killing him. executive orders are no good. papa bush used executive orders on this very subject. you know what i'm saying. the gop has become the pessimistic party of dr. no not the solution party of let's get together and figure something out. we can do this. reban always said we can do this. right now the gop says we can't do anything except bash obama. >> great leaders figure out how to say yes. ronald reagan and i'll say it, i voted to impeach the guy, bill clinton. bill clinton would always figure out that when republica
he didn't win 49 states by accident. >> we have to be the party of solutions. one of the things troubling me right now, look i disagree with barack obama's fiscal and economic policy. i have for four years and i reckon i'll disagree with it for a while longer. i'll tell you this. the guy goes out and gives this gun control, safety speech today. okay. you don't have to agree with everything. a very complex issue we're dealing with in this horrible heinous national tragedy. but already,...
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ken salazar is the latest cabinet member to leave the obama administration. he has served throughout the president's term. he for renewable energy. salazar will leave in march and returned to his home state of colorado. $51 billion hurricane sandy's disaster relief act is now moving on to the senate. forty-nine republicans voted yes for that bill, 179 republicans voted against that bill. over to london now where police say two people are dead after a helicopter crashed during the morning rush hour. the helicopter hit a construction crane and then crashed on the street. two people on the ground were treated for minor injuries. those are your headlines. back now to dagen. dagen: thank you. a price of regular gasoline sitting at $3.29. down nearly $0.10 from a year ago. tom kloza is here. he is joining us on the phone. talk to me about demand and how low prices could go because of that. >> demand is about as low as it has been since january of 2000. we just got a couple of demand reports that were subpar. now we have this fear or panic about the flu. we have peo
ken salazar is the latest cabinet member to leave the obama administration. he has served throughout the president's term. he for renewable energy. salazar will leave in march and returned to his home state of colorado. $51 billion hurricane sandy's disaster relief act is now moving on to the senate. forty-nine republicans voted yes for that bill, 179 republicans voted against that bill. over to london now where police say two people are dead after a helicopter crashed during the morning rush...
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the measure, which passed the state senate monday called for tougher inventives for gun crimes and bans internet sales of weapons. >>> lance armstrong is set to come clean on oprah. last year he was accused of master mining a long running doping program. that interview is going to be -- >> one to watch. we've seen other news agencies in the u.s. wish that they had gotten it. but you know what bothers me in all this? what's the lesson? there might be a lance armstrong biopick? it's hardly punishment for someone who is potentially fueled by all that attention. >> it will be interesting to see what happens with the foundation. that would be the key and he's plead, i'm sure. >> he can use the foundation as a wie of arguing his case, bolstering, look at all the good i've done despite this. >> yeah. >> more lance later in the week. these are your headlines. pressure growing on lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling as fitch warnings any delay will prompt a rating review for the u.s. >>> germany sees a worse than expected slowdown in 2012. the economy contracted 0.5% in the fourth quarter the. >>
the measure, which passed the state senate monday called for tougher inventives for gun crimes and bans internet sales of weapons. >>> lance armstrong is set to come clean on oprah. last year he was accused of master mining a long running doping program. that interview is going to be -- >> one to watch. we've seen other news agencies in the u.s. wish that they had gotten it. but you know what bothers me in all this? what's the lesson? there might be a lance armstrong biopick?...
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with roughly a month to go until the united states hits its debt limit, president obama's calling on congress to raise the limit above 16.4 trillion dollars asap. republicans say spending cuts may be part of any -- must be part of any increase. who is going to win in this yet another congressional debate? gerri willis here. it's deja vu other than it's value -- valentine's day rather than new year's eve. >> the president was interesting today for a number of reasons, not that he changed his tune on the topics we talked about, but his tone was different, strident, more trying to cower republicans into what he termed the responsible thing. this is what the president had to say in the press conference. >> the debt ceiling is not a question of authorizing more spending. raising the debt ceiling does not authorize more spending. it just allows the country to pay for spending that congress has already committed to. >> well, unfortunately, that authorizes more spending, and the history of these debt limit increase z is that every time we have a debt limit increase, then we spend all of that
with roughly a month to go until the united states hits its debt limit, president obama's calling on congress to raise the limit above 16.4 trillion dollars asap. republicans say spending cuts may be part of any -- must be part of any increase. who is going to win in this yet another congressional debate? gerri willis here. it's deja vu other than it's value -- valentine's day rather than new year's eve. >> the president was interesting today for a number of reasons, not that he changed...
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president obama so far says no u.s. boots on the ground, and no u.s. arms for the syrian opposition. his choice for secretary of state senator john kerry has gone further. >> we should weigh the risks and benefits of establishing safe zones near syria's border areas. >> reporter: if syria's president bashar al assad unleashes his chemical weapons, a real scare that emerged late last year, mr. obama says he will retaliate. >> the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. >> reporter: countries that lived through the arab spring two years ago are morphing into a zone of instability. barack obama put his administration on the line for egypt's president mohamed morsi, a member of the muslim brotherhood. but egypt's economy is on the ropes. across the region, political storm clouds ar gathering as iran, israel and eight arab countries hold crucial elections this year. >> in every one of them, a new form of right, far, far right is emerging as to change the balance of power. >> reporter: in his first term, barack ob
president obama so far says no u.s. boots on the ground, and no u.s. arms for the syrian opposition. his choice for secretary of state senator john kerry has gone further. >> we should weigh the risks and benefits of establishing safe zones near syria's border areas. >> reporter: if syria's president bashar al assad unleashes his chemical weapons, a real scare that emerged late last year, mr. obama says he will retaliate. >> the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons...
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ladies and gentlemen, president barack obama. >> thank you. thank you so much. please have a seat. good afternoon, everybody. let me begin by thanks our vice president, joe biden. for your dedication, joe, to this issue. for bringing so many different voices to the table. because while reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, protecting our children from harm shouldn't be a divisive one. over the month since the tragedy in newtown, we've heard from so many. and obviously none have affected us more than a families of those gorgeous children and their teachers and guardians who were lost. so we're grateful to all of you for taking the time to be here and recognizing that we honor their memories in part by doing everything we can to prevent this from happening again. but we also heard from some unexpected people. in particular, i started getting a lot of letters from kids. four of them are here today. grant frits, julia stokes, hannah zeha and tasia good. they're pretty representative of some of the messages i got. these are some pretty smart letters from some pretty smart yo
ladies and gentlemen, president barack obama. >> thank you. thank you so much. please have a seat. good afternoon, everybody. let me begin by thanks our vice president, joe biden. for your dedication, joe, to this issue. for bringing so many different voices to the table. because while reducing gun violence is a complicated challenge, protecting our children from harm shouldn't be a divisive one. over the month since the tragedy in newtown, we've heard from so many. and obviously none...
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president obama plans to introduce legislation next week, calling for the biggest changes to gun laws this country has seen in two decades. yesterday, the president surrounded by children, who wrote him letters after newtown, urged congress to take action on a number of proposals, including universal background checks for anyone buying a gun, restoring the ban on military-style assault weapons and limiting magazines to ten rounds. giving law enforcement additional tools to prosecute gun crimes and improving the mental health system for young people. >> so let's look at all of those items up there. richard wolffe, every one of them has overwhelming support of the american people. universal background checks. 85% of americans support that. restoring a ban on military-style assault weapons. that's a 60/40 proposition now. limiting magazines to ten rounds. almost 7 in 10 americans support that. additional tools for law enforcement. you know that's got to be an 80/20, 90/10 issue. the same with improving mental health services. i bring these issues up only to say, once again, my republican
president obama plans to introduce legislation next week, calling for the biggest changes to gun laws this country has seen in two decades. yesterday, the president surrounded by children, who wrote him letters after newtown, urged congress to take action on a number of proposals, including universal background checks for anyone buying a gun, restoring the ban on military-style assault weapons and limiting magazines to ten rounds. giving law enforcement additional tools to prosecute gun crimes...